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Can I get rid of Malicious Software Tool download prompt?

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  • 23-05-2008 8:35pm
    #1
    shayser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭


    It won't go away! Windows Automatic Update keeps insisting I download this even when I deselect this download and select "Do not remind me of this download again".


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    keen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭keen


    I had a similar problem before with a different update, instead of installing it through Windows Updates I dowloaded the update and manualy installed it, restarted Windows searched for updates and the problem was gone, don't know why or how but it worked.

    Here's a download link to your update, maybe try what I did and see if it sorts it, long shot but worth ago. Windows Updates can be very messy and there could be a hundred different reasons to why it aint working on your PC.

    LINK


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    shayser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭shayser


    Thanks keen.. but my problem is that I don't want it! Automatic Update has a checkbox for every update in the list that allows the user chose not to download a particular one. When an update is deselected the user can select another box so that you won't be prompted to download it again. But everytime the computer is switched on the prompt appears to download it.


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    shayser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭shayser


    Anyone know if I go ahead and download/install this "tool" of a program is it uninstallable?


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    Adam
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    I believe it is, not 100% but 99.9% sure!


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    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    shayser wrote: »
    Anyone know if I go ahead and download/install this "tool" of a program is it uninstallable?


    pretty sure it asks your pc to reboot after its installed, and after the reboot it runs a manual scan and uninstalls itself


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    Prenderb
    Registered Users Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭Prenderb


    Yeah, as far as I know too they only run once then disappear.


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    shayser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭shayser


    Thanks. I'll go ahead an install it then seeing as MS are so desperate for me to have it!


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    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    sadly a new one comes out every month, so its going to be an ongoing problem


    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830
    How to remove the Malicious Software Removal Tool

    The Malicious Software Removal Tool does not use an installer. Typically, when you run the Malicious Software Removal Tool, it creates a randomly named temporary directory on the root drive of the computer. This directory contains several files, and it includes the Mrtstub.exe file. Most of the time, this folder is automatically deleted after the tool finishes running or after the next time that you start the computer. However, this folder may not always be automatically deleted. In these cases, you can manually delete this folder, and this has no adverse effect on the computer.


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    shayser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭shayser


    Might be an XP Pro/Home thing. On the XP Pro machines at work it does what it's told when told not to remind of the update again (I'm pretty sure) but this is an XP home machine.


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